The attack on Pearl Harbor's 71st anniversary on Friday was commemorated by St. Bernard Parish military veterans at Pearl Harbor Park in Chalmette. The ceremony featured some of the few remaining Pearl Harbor survivors, a U.S. Color Guard, speakers associated with the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, a wreath presentation, prayers and a moment of silence for the more than 2,400 Americans who were killed in the raid.

At 7:40 a.m. on Dec. 7, 1941, the surprise Japanese airstrike on the U.S. military base in Hawaii thrust the United States into World War II.

Debra Jones Posey. president of the Ed Jones Chapter -- her father, the late Ed Jones, was a Pearl Harbor veteran -- reminded the crowd of Pearl Harbor’s casualties.

Pearl Harbor newsreelThis newsreel is part of the National World War II Museum exhibit "Infamy: December 1941," opening Dec. 7 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor. The exhibit will be at the museum through Feb. 19.

“I’m grateful to be a part of this memorial for those who gave their lives in the defense of our freedoms and we celebrate the Pearl Harbor survivors who remain with us,” St. Bernard Parish President Dave Peralta said.

For more information about Pearl Harbor veterans, Shirley Rambeau, secretary of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association and Louisiana State Chairperson of the Sons and Daughters of Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, can be contacted at srambeau@hotmail.com.

Here's a terrific story from the Washington Post, by way of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, about some news coverage of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that is only now seeing the light of day, 71 years after the attack.